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Around 12 million Americans take out payday loans to help them pay for monthly expenses. andriano_cz/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

September 28, 2022

We tend to underestimate our future expenses – here’s one way to prevent that

Ray Charles "Chuck" Howard, Texas A&M University; Abigail Sussman, University of Chicago; David J. Hardisty, University of British Columbia, and Marcel Lukas, University of St Andrews

Understanding why people underpredict expenses could help them budget more accurately – and even encourage them to save more money.

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February 17, 2016

Hal Hershfield, University of California, Los Angeles and Abigail Sussman, University of Chicago

Almost half of Americans have trouble saving, while average credit card balances have swelled to $6,000. Can we turn this around?